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August 7th
162 Notable deaths
Agustín Pío Barrios
Paraguayan composer and musician (1885-1944).
Born May 5th, 1885 in San Juan Bautista.
Died August 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in San Salvador (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer (1925-1974).
Born May 25th, 1925 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1974 at 49 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Bruno Cremer
French actor (1929-2010).
Born October 6th, 1929 in Saint-Mandé.
Died August 7th, 2010 at 80 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (lip and oral cavity carcinoma).
Aspasía Mánou
Princess of greece and denmark (1896-1972).
Born September 4th, 1896 in Athens.
Died August 7th, 1972 at 75 years old in Venice.
Robert Hutton
American actor (1920-1994).
Born June 11th, 1920 in Kingston. [ref]
Died August 7th, 1994 at 74 years old in Kingston (pneumonia). [ref]
Victor L. Berger
American democratic socialist politician (1860–1929).
Born February 28th, 1860 in Austria–Hungary.
Died August 7th, 1929 at 69 years old in Milwaukee (railway accident).
Bernard Bailyn
American historian (1922–2020).
Born September 10th, 1922 in Hartford.
Died August 7th, 2020 at 97 years old in Belmont (heart failure). [ref]
Wilfred Jackson
American film director (1906–1988).
Born January 24th, 1906 in Chicago.
Died August 7th, 1988 at 82 years old in Balboa Island.
William Gott
British army general (1897-1942).
Born August 13th, 1897 in Scarborough.
Died August 7th, 1942 at 44 years old in Cairo.
Robert Servatius
German lawyer (1894-1983).
Born October 31st, 1894 in Cologne.
Died August 7th, 1983 at 88 years old in Cologne.
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